Nevertheless, the pro-American language has been absent from the versions disseminated so far and seen by Politico due to the resistance of the French government, an EU an EU Familiar official with the discussions indicated. A greater opening in Canada and the United Kingdom is more likely to materialize, have said several diplomats.
Šadžius warned against the exclusion of Americans. “The United States is (…) perhaps the most important member of the organization of the North Atlantic Treaty. So they have been, are and will remain very important for defense for Europeans,” he said.
The Minister of Finance of Lithuania stressed that NATO’s defense capacities are particularly crucial to ensuring the continuous security of his country against Russia.
“For all border states that are on the front line with hostile neighbors, the participation of the United States (within the framework of NATO) is absolutely crucial.”
In addition, Šadžius described the next UE-UK summit as “a key to concluding the (defense) partnership between the United Kingdom and the European Union”.
The EU and the United Kingdom will meet on Monday for a long -awaited summit which should open the way to closer security and defense relations after Brexit – provided that other thorny problems such as fisheries are sorted.
A positive result would also accelerate the approval of the safe regulation, because the role of the United Kingdom is one of the main exceptional subjects.
“The participation of these partners should be properly regulated in the legislative package. So that they are not artificially reduced by the Defense Community in Europe, “said Šadžius.
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